Month: August 2003

No, sadly for me, I’m not on an exotic island getting pleasantly drunk while socializing with pleasantly built local beauties. Instead, I’m (re)reading this. I’m also wondering whether it’s true that FZ’s idea for 200 Motels came to him from running his foot across a used condom on a sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard. Also, with every day passing, I am more relieved not to be living in California. Oh, and for reasons unknown to me, I’ve been listening a lot to Steely Dan lately. Does that make me a bad, bad boy?

That alice cooper had his first record deal with fz is well known, but i didn’t know he had released an album called freak out songs, how he had first met fz, or that he was currently on tour in south dakota.

Hiroshima mon amour…

….and while we’re at it, we should remember a couple of other unspeakable acts.

Well, actually it started on the 21st of june, at Lamour in Brooklyn, NY. So, we have to search out barry’s time machine, and hope it has similar properties to a tardis. If that isn’t entirely clear, here is more info .

I’ll be away from this place for a while. Keep it tidy will ya, or don’t keep it tidy if that’s the sort of thing that gets your rocks off. In any case, be sure to have a fresh brew ready when I get back. Happy summer holidays!

Via MeFi, BlogStop: “The last word from the latest post is up for grabs – it’s the acronym for the next.” Think we could continue this in the comments? After all, Z-freaks are big fans of acronym monstruousities such as bbynhiyl, dhbim, sunpyg or satltsadw. Hmm… I wonder.

How did Argentina, once one of the most prosperous South-American countries, plunge into a deep steep fall that now has it virtually bankrupt? Not surprizingly, Wall Street had a big part in the downfall: “An extensive review of the conduct of financial market players in Argentina reveals Wall Street’s complicity in those events. Investment bankers, analysts and bond traders served their own interests when they pumped up euphoria about the country’s prospects, with disastrous results.”

How’s this for stamina?

Despite the discovery of new species related to the yellow shark, the sharks, like most sea creatures, are feeling the effects of planet sharing. For more related species, see here.

Gilles presents: The Mystery Concert, an unknown venue from May 1973 starring (among others) Jean-Luc Ponty and Ruth Underwood. Enjoy…